 $     goto common_exit
 $ endif
 $!
-$ build_64     = 1
-$ ptr_size_arg = "/POINTER_SIZE="
-$!
+$ build_64   = 1
 $ if f$locate(",32,", args_lower) .lt. args_lower_len
 $ then
 $     build_64 = 0
-$     ptr_size_arg = ptr_size_arg + "32"
-$ else
-$     ptr_size_arg = ptr_size_arg + "64"
-$     set noon
-$     define/user sys$output NL:
-$     define/user sys$error NL:
-$     cc/POINTER_SIZE=64=ARGV NL:
-$!
-$     if ($STATUS .and. %X0FFF0000) .eq. %X00030000
-$     then
-$!
-$!        If we got here, it means DCL complained like this:
-$!        %DCL-W-NOVALU, value not allowed - remove value specification
-$!        \64=\
-$!
-$!        If the compiler was run, logicals defined in /USER would
-$!        have been deassigned automatically.  However, when DCL
-$!        complains, they aren't, so we do it here (it might be
-$!        unnecessary, but just in case there will be another error
-$!        message further on that we don't want to miss).
-$!
-$         deassign/USER sys$error
-$         deassign/USER sys$output
-$	  else
-$	      ptr_size_arg = ptr_size_arg + "=ARGV"
-$	  endif
 $ endif
 $!
 $ big_endian = 0

$ cc_params = cc_params + "/DEFINE=(PLIBSYS_COMPILATION,_REENTRANT,_POSIX_EXIT)"
$ cc_params = cc_params + "/INCLUDE_DIRECTORY=(''objdir',''base_src_dir')"
$ cc_params = cc_params + "/FLOAT=IEEE/IEEE_MODE=DENORM_RESULTS"
$ cc_params = cc_params + ptr_size_arg
$!
$ if cc_extra .nes. ""
$ then

$ cxx_params = "/INCLUDE=(''objdir',''base_src_dir',""''boost_root'"")"
$ cxx_params = cxx_params + "/DEFINE=(__USE_STD_IOSTREAM,PLIBSYS_TESTS_STATIC)/NAMES=(AS_IS, SHORTENED)"
$ cxx_params = cxx_params + "/FLOAT=IEEE/IEEE_MODE=DENORM_RESULTS"
$!
$ if build_64 .eqs. "1"
$ then
$     set noon
$     define/user sys$output NL:
$     define/user sys$error NL:
$     cxx/POINTER_SIZE=64=ARGV NL:
$!
$     if ($STATUS .and. %X0FFF0000) .eq. %X00030000
$     then
$!
$!        If we got here, it means DCL complained like this:
$!        %DCL-W-NOVALU, value not allowed - remove value specification
$!        \64=\
$!
$!        If the compiler was run, logicals defined in /USER would
$!        have been deassigned automatically.  However, when DCL
$!        complains, they aren't, so we do it here (it might be
$!        unnecessary, but just in case there will be another error
$!        message further on that we don't want to miss).
$!
$         deassign/USER sys$error
$         deassign/USER sys$output
$         cxx_params = cxx_params + "/POINTER_SIZE=64"
$     else
$         cxx_params = cxx_params + "/POINTER_SIZE=64=ARGV"
$     endif
$ else
$     cxx_params = cxx_params + "/POINTER_SIZE=32"
$ endif
$!
$ if is_debug .eqs. "1"
$ then
